Sunday, 19 March 2017

NFIR: Meeting of the Committee constituted to suggest
implementation of the National Pension System Employees

No.IV/NPS/PFRDA BILL/Part-I

Dated: 18/03/2017

The General Secretaries
of Affiliated Unions of NFIR.

Brother,

Sub: Meeting of the Committee constituted to suggest
implementation of the National Pension System Employees -
reg.

A
meeting of the Committee with JCM (Staff Side) under the
chairmanship
of Secretary (Pension), Department of pension &
Pensioners' Welfare
was held at Sardar Patel Bhavan, New Delhi on 17th March 2017
at 15.00
hrs. Brief on the discussions is given below:

(i)
At the outset, Secretary (Pension) stated that the Committee
will try to
consider and propose for safeguarding the interests of
pensioners
appointed on or after 01/01/2004. He said that the purpose of
meeting
was to elicit views from JCM (Staff Side) and make out report
with an
attempt to accommodate the views by and large.

(ii) Thereafter,
the Additional Secretary (Pension) made a brief presentation
highlighting the attempts of the Committee for formulating
Rules,
Regulations and Procedures to be considered by the
Government.

(iii)
Initiating discussions, the JCM (Staff Side) leaders have
reiterated
their consistent stand that the Liberalized Pension Scheme
needs to be
made applicable to those who joined the Government service
from
01/01/2004.

2. The JCM (Staff Side) leader
Dr.M.Raghavaiah and Standing Committee Member, Shri Guman
Singh have
participated in the meeting and pointed out as follows:

(a)
The Committee should consider for recommending 50% of Last
Pay drawn as
minimum pension to the retiring NPS subscribers irrespective
of their
total service.

(b) The Pension Rules of 1972 be incorporated in
the proposed draft Rules in an appropriate manner, thereby
pension is
guaranteed to the families of retired/deceased employees and
their
dependents.

(c) While 60% of Pension wealth will be paid to the
retiring NPS subscriber, the remaining 40% is invested by
PFRDA on which
retiring employee has no control. What is needed to be
ensured is
"Guarantee for payment of 50% of Last Pat drawn as Pension".
Remaining
40% Pension wealth may be invested or used by PFRDA on
which,retiring
employee may have no claim.

(d) In the Railways, the employer
deducts l0% of wages from employee's salary towards
subscription and
contributes equal amount. No Railway employee knows what their
actual
amount is, as no written statement is furnished by the
employer. The JCM
(Staff Side) is not concerned about the role of PFRDA - NSDL-
etc., as
every Railway employee wants to know what is his/her amount
(subscription plus contribution). It should be ensured that
Railways
should give atleast annually, the statement of accumulated
amount to the
employee so that on the date of his retirement, he/she will
know
whether entire money was credited to PFRDA and equally he/she
will know
what would be 60% of the total pension wealth. The present
defective
system needs to be streamlined.

Fixation of Pay of re-employed pensioners - treatment
of Military Service Pay (MSP) - reg.

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
RAILWAY
BOARD

No.E(G) 2013/EM 1-5

New Delhi, dated 06, March 2017

The General Secretary,
National Federation of Indian
Railwaymen.
3, Chelmsford Road,
New Delhi.

Sir.

Sub: Fixation of Pay of re-employed
pensioners - treatment of Military Service Pay (MSP) -
reg.

The
undersigned is directed to refer to your letter No.II/35/Part
XIII
dated 10.01.2017 on the above subject and to state that the
illustration
given in your letter regarding treatment of Military Service
Pay (MSP)
while fixing the pay of ex-servicemen re-employed in the
Railways has
been examined in consultation with the Finance Directorate is
not as per
the instructions contained in DoP&T's OM No.3/19/2009
Estt. Pay II
dated 08.11.2010 which was circulated to the Railways vide
Board's
letter No.E(G) 2013/EM 1-4 dated 24.07.2013 and reiterated
vide Board's
letter of even number dated 15.12.2016. The DoP&T’s OM
only provides
that the MSP part of pension will not be deducted from the
pay fixed on
re-employment. It does not provide for including MSP in the
pay fixed
on re-employment.

To,
1) All National Secretariat Members (CHQ Office
Bearers)
2) Chief Executives of all Affiliated
organisations
3) General Secretaries of all COCs

Dear Comrades,

1. 16th MARCH 2017 STRIKE
- PARTICIPATION OF EMPLOYEES ALL TIME HIGH:

Reports
received from Affiliated organisations and COCs and also many
field
level units shows that the participation of employees in the
16th March
2017 strike was all time high. The reason is obvious that the
employees
are angry and upset due the totally adamant and negative
attitude of the
NDA government towards the genuine issues of Central Govt.
employees
and pensioners and their discontentment was ventilated through
the
strike as an outburst of their pent up feelings. The response
to the
strike call was overwhelming and majority of employees suo-
moto
participated in the strike without any compulsion. This was
also quite
visible during the 15th December 2016 Parliament March and
other
agitational programmes including dharna and observance of 6th
March 2017
Black Day. (For other details please see the press statement
dated
16.03.2017 published in the Confederation website).
Confederation
National Secretariat congratulates and salutes all the leaders
and
employees who organized and participated in the strike and
made it one
of the best organized and best participated historic strike of
Central
Government Employees. Once again it is proved that it is
Confederation
alone, which is the true representative of entire Central
Government
employees.

NATIONAL SECRETARIAT MEETING ON
13TH APRIL 2017 WILL DECIDE FUTURE COURSE OF
ACTION.
National
Secretariat of the Confederation will meet at Delhi on
13.04.2017, as
already notified. Secretariat will conduct a detailed review
of the
strike and decide future course of action. All National
Secretariat
members are requested to attend the meeting without fail.

CONFEDERATION ALL INDIA TRADE UNION EDUCATION
CAMP AT THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ON 06TH & 07TH MAY
2017:
As
already notified, the All India Trade Union Education Camp of
Confederation will be conducted at EMS Academy,
Thiruvananthapuram on
6th & 7th May 2017. All affiliated organisations and COCs
are one
again requested to ensure participation of allotted number of
delegates
WITHOUT FAIL. Please ensure that travel tickets are booked
immediately,
if not already booked. (Notice was issued in January itself to
facilitate booking of confirmed train tickets, as train
reservation
starts four months in advance).

Quota allotted to
each
organisation and COC and other informations relating to the
camp are is
furnished in the circular attached.

While selecting
delegates to the camp, younger generation and ladies may be
given maximum representation.

Please
intimate the number of delegates attending the camp by email
to
confederationhq@gmail.com OR mkrishnan6854@gmail.com and also
to the
Reception Committee.

REMITTANCE OF
QUOTA:
Needless
to say that for smooth and efficient functioning of an
organisation,
especially for a vibrant organisation like Confederation,
funds is an
essential requirement. Unfortunately, many affiliates and COCs
are
continuously failing in their responsibility to support the
Confederation CHQ financially. Available fund has been
utilized for
Parliament March and strike campaign. Now the financial
position is
almost NIL. Unless all the affiliates and COCs clear their
quota
immediately, it will adversely effect the CHQ functioning. All
affiliates and COCs are one again requested to clear the quota
(Re.1/-
per member per year) before 31.03.2017. Please treat it as
most
important. The amount may be remitted to:

JOINT MOVEMENT AND CAMPAIGN AGAINST CONTRIBUTORY
PENSION SCHEME (NPS) AND OUTSOURCING OF GOVT.
FUNCTIONS
Discussion
are in progress for organizing nationwide campaign and
agitational
programmes against the NPS and outsourcing of Government
functions,
jointly with All India State Government Employees Federation
(AISGEF)
and other like-minded organisations. Final decision in this
regard will
be taken in the National Secretariat meeting to be held on
13th April
2017.

Comrades,
I
thank one and all the Central Government Employees of the
Karnataka
State who are affiliated to the Confederation of CG employees
for making
the 16th March 2017 strike a grand success , the leaders of
the
affiliates were working for making this strike a success . The
Central
leaders Com KKK Kuttyji President Confederation of CG
employees had been
to the state of Karnataka many times , his valuable guidance
has
inspired us very much . I also thank Com Krishnanji Secretary
General
Confederation of CG employees for his valuable guidance in
making 16th
March 2017 strike a grand success.

The
participation of employees
in 16th March 2017 strike was very good in Karnataka state ,
apart from
Bangalore CG employees in all districts of the state of
Karnataka had
participated in the strike , this time there was huge success
, this is
due to the success campaign by all leaders , it was a joint
effort .

The strike in Postal was historic, many of
the Post offices were locked and the strike participation was
nearly 90%.

The
participation in ITEF, AICGWBEA, RMS was near to 100%, In
Survey of
India, AG's Census it was nearly 70%, Civil Accounts for the
first time
participated with 95% strike.

The media have given
good coverage
of the strike, the article and photos of the strike were taken
and
published in many newspapers in many parts of the state.

Com
Tapen Senji Hon’ble Member of Rajya Sabha has raised our
justified
demands in the floor of the Rajya Sabha. On behalf of COC
Karnataka I
express my gratitude to Com Tapen Senji for taking up the
issues.

I
hope our demands gets attention of the Government, the
promises made to
our leaders by the Group of Ministers is kept up and your
issues get
resolved at the earliest. I once again thank all the employees
and
leaders for making this strike of 16th March 2017 a
success.